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Robert Mischke, Kathrin Schaffert, Dominik Schneider, Alexander Weinert
'Alexander Weinert'] Abstract. Research software is often developed by individual researchers or small teams in parallel to their research work. The more people and research projects rely on the software in question, the more important it is that software updates implement new features correctly and do not introduce…
Cheng-Hua Bai, Emma K. Bridger, Hubert D. Zimmer, Axel Mecklinger
The enhanced memory performance for items that are tested as compared to being restudied (the testing effect) is a frequently reported memory phenomenon. According to the episodic context account of the testing effect, this beneficial effect of testing is related to a process which reinstates the previously learnt…
Tom-Robin Teschner
Software testing has received much attention over the last years and has reached such critical importance that agile software development practices put software testing at its core. Agile software development is successfully applied in large-scale industrial software developments but due to its granular…
Eduard Paul Enoiu, Gerald Tukseferi, Robert Feldt
—Software testing is a complex, intellectual activity based (at least) on analysis, reasoning, decision making, abstraction and collaboration performed in a highly demanding environment. Naturally, it uses and allocates multiple cognitive resources in software testers. However, while a cognitive psychology perspective…
Haopeng Chen, Pieter Verbeke, Stefania Mattioni, Cristian Buc Calderon + 1 more
Testing enhances memory more than studying. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the robustness of this classic effect, its neural and computational origin remains debated. Predictive learning is a potential mechanism behind this phenomenon: Because predictions and prediction errors (mismatch between predictions…
Scott H. Fraundorf, Zachary A. Caddick, Timothy J. Nokes-Malach, Benjamin M. Rottman
Although tests and assessments-such as those used to maintain a physician’s Board certification-are often viewed merely as tools for decision-making about one’s performance level, strong evidence now indicates that the experience of being tested is a powerful learning experience in its own right: The act of retrieving…
Kristin Wenzel, Marc-André Reinhard
It has often been shown that tests as intentionally hindered and difficult learning tasks increase long-term learning compared to easier tasks. Previous work additionally indicated that higher intelligence might serve as a prerequisite for such beneficial effects of tests. Nevertheless, despite their long-term learning…
Roopa Singh, Imran Khan
Retail applications has majorly fraud prevention, procurement, shipping and tax related, pricing, real time bank authentication applications integrated to make the application run successfully. Integration testing here plays an important role as it requires that all applications interact with each other and also…
Marc Brysbaert
Experimental psychology is witnessing an increase in research on individual differences, which requires the development of new tasks that can reliably assess variations among participants. To do this, cognitive researchers need statistical methods that many researchers have not learned during their training. The lack…
Matthias Täufer
Pooling of samples can increase lab capacity when using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect diseases such as COVID-19. However, pool testing is typically performed via an adaptive testing strategy which requires a feedback loop in the lab and at least two PCR runs to confirm positive results. This can cost…
Sven Greving, Tobias Richter
Review of learned material is crucial for the learning process. One approach that promises to increase the effectiveness of reviewing during learning is to answer questions about the learning content rather than restudying the material (testing effect). This effect is well established in lab experiments. However…
Katalin Mohai, Csilla Kálózi-Szabó, Zoltán Jakab, Szilárd Dávid Fecht + 3 more
'Szilárd Dávid Fecht' 'Márk Domonkos' 'János Botzheim' 'Simon Tomažič'] The main objective of the present study is to highlight the role of technological (soft sensor) methodologies in the assessment of the neurocognitive dysfunctions specific to neurodevelopmental disorders (for example, autism spectrum disorder…
Nicole S. Rafidi, Justin C. Hulbert, Paula Pacheco, Kenneth A. Norman
Repeated testing leads to improved long-term memory retention compared to repeated study, but the mechanism underlying this improvement remains controversial. In this work, we test the hypothesis that retrieval practice benefits subsequent recall by reducing competition from related memories. This hypothesis implies…
David Brust, Johannes J. Brust
Grouping samples with low prevalence of positives into pools and testing these pools can achieve considerable savings in testing resources compared with individual testing in the context of COVID-19. We review published pooling matrices, which encode the assignment of samples into pools and describe decoding…
Andrey Zaikin
The author details a method of generating variable test tasks compliant with the IMS QTI specification, which includes preparation of tasks in an electronic table with the further formation of XML files using VBA macros. The following types of questions are supported: Single Choice, Multiple Choice, and Numerical.…
Sanghyuk Ko
Different types of diagnostics methods were introduced to the public due to the recent global pandemic. From the real-time reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) to antigen lateral flow assay (LFA), these tests allow relatively accurate and rapid diagnosis of the infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus. Because…
Alice E. Milne, Roberta Bianco, Katarina C. Poole, Sijia Zhao + 2 more
Online experimental platforms can be used as an alternative, or complement, to lab-based research. However, when conducting auditory experiments via online methods, the researcher has limited control over the participants’ listening environment. We offer a new method to probe one aspect of that environment, headphone…
Ben D Grant, Caitlin E Anderson, Spencer H Garing, Luis F Alonzo + 6 more
Inexpensive, simple, rapid diagnostics are necessary for efficient detection, treatment and mitigation of COVID‑19. Currently, the primary diagnostic tool being utilized is reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR delivers results with good sensitivity and excellent specificity, but is…
Jameson Holden, Eric Francisco, Rachel Lensch, Anna Tommerdahl + 4 more
Reaction time testing is widely used in computerized cognitive assessments, and clinical studies have repeatedly shown it to be a sensitive indicator of cognitive function. Typically, the reaction time test is administered by presenting a subject with a visual stimulus on a computer monitor and prompting the individual…
Johan H. Cronje, Mark B. Watson, Louise-Anne Stroud, Maciej Karwowski
'Maciej Karwowski'] Tests are updated and revised periodically in order to remain current, valid and reliable in a competitive psychological testing industry. Despite the prevalence of test revisions, especially in recent years, a number of authors have commented on the lack of comprehensive guidelines for test…
David Cate, Helen Hsieh, Veronika Glukhova, Joshua D Bishop + 15 more
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent demand for large numbers of inexpensive, accurate, rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests. Analyte-based assays are suitably inexpensive and can be rapidly mass-produced, but for sufficiently accurate performance they require highly optimized antibodies and assay…
A. Bijlsma, Niels Doorn, Harrie Passier, Harold Pootjes + 1 more
'Sylvia Stuurman'] Abstract—We gained insight into ideas and beliefs on testing of students who finished an introductory course on programming without any formal education on testing. We asked students to fill in a small survey, to do four exercises and to fill in a second survey. We interviewed eleven of these…
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The ongoing threat of global warming necessitates a shift towards clean energy sources to meet rising demands while reducing carbon emissions. Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) represent a promising technology for both mobile and stationary applications but their poor operational lifetimes and frequent faults are…
Nicholas J. Roberts, Toren Hynes, Devon Stacey, Jennifer L. MacDonald
Coloured indicators, whether solution or paper based, are often used in laboratory courses and academic/industrial research as a qualitative method to test important experimental markers. While useful, these tools present challenges to those with colour vision deficiency (CVD), who are unable to interpret the same…